The board for the Pachyderm Club, a GOP group in Hamilton County, recently voted against having the county Republican Party chair speak at a weekly lunch meeting, as was originally planned.
Gail Greene, who was scheduled to speak this month, said she was told she was uninvited because her husband, Derek Greene, is running in the August election to represent the county on the executive committee of the Tennessee Republican Party against longtime Pachyderm member and incumbent David Queen.
“Those board members need to be held to account for making a poor decision, which is a very poor reflection on their club and their good ol’ boy system,” Gail Greene said by phone.
Sheri Dahrling, club president, said a decision was made by the board to postpone — not uninvite — Greene so the club could focus fully on bringing candidates to speak ahead of elections.